This is the blog of Kilian Jörg, a philosopher and artist based in Vienna and Berlin. He is the founder of philosophy unbound, his main topics are ecological epistemology and the intersection of art and philosophy. Contact him via: kilian[at]jorg[dot]at

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Donnerstag, 13. April 2017

I am very happy to announce that - with the kind support of the Arts&Science Department of the University of Applied Arts and Im_flieger - I managed to invite a particularly interesting ecological polymath and thinker to Vienna. He is still mostly unknown in the germanophone world, but ever since I encountered him, I am thrilled with his concepts and am sure I will not be the only one. His way of understanding technology as a vehicle of (material and human) inequalities is extremely inspiring and helps to think of new politics that combine classically understood "leftist" agendas with "green" or "ecological" ones.

In
Alf Hornborgs view technological progress is not so much a matter of
ingenious and innocent breakthroughs in engineering as of devising new
and profitable systems for displacing work and environmental pressures
to other populations and geographical areas.The essential rationale of
globalized technological systems is thus as inextricably connected to
societal injustices as slavery or serfdom. Hornborg´s political scope
enables to better understand how social and environmental problems are
inherently connected.